A/N hey there! Welcome to chapter 16! I'm planning on making the next 2 chapters or so back stories/Flashbacks, why? Because I want to. :P anyways, enjoy!
The 2 Plants found themselves at the source of the explosion, they were greeted with a burning Z mech and a Imp standing outside of it as it breathed heavily.
The small Zombie looked up to be met with Ane and Peater being only a few feet from it. It took a few seconds before it reacted, it quickly and fearfully ran towards the opposite direction, leaving the 2 Plants confused.
They decided to take their attention towards the burning Z mech which exploded only around a few seconds later.
Ane was confused by this sudden event while Peater shrugged before continuing their way to L.E.A.F HQ. He was quickly followed by Ane, who took the lead.
The next 5 minutes was in silence, until Peater remembered the question he wanted to ask. "So...the question that I asked, how did you become a leader exactly?" A curious expression was printed on his face.
It took a while for the Chomper to reply, but once he did he spoke in a rather amusing tone. "Haha, I remembered that, Sarah was worried that I would get injured or something. It happened not long after your little scheme failed." The amusement in his voice was replaced with anger, earning a sigh from the Peashooter.
"Just don't remind me of anything relating to that will you?" Annoyance could be heard from his voice as another sigh could be heard from him.
"Okay then, I'll answer your question." The Chomper replied before taking a deep breath. "It was around 4 years ago...
4 years ago...
"Are you sure you can do this? It isn't too late to decline." Spoke out a concerned voice from a 17 year old Sarah. "They'll be Gargantuars at the end, we all know that Chompers can't do much to them without assistance."
The 16 year old Ane, however, shook his head. "If I want to become a leader of this..team then I need to pass the test." The Cactus sighed, she knew that she won't be pulling him out of this decision, the only thing she could do was to cheer for him.
"If you're really determined to do this." A small smile formed on Sarah's face. "Just...don't get injured alright? Me along with Hershel and Mystic will watch you from a room that can see the testing chamber."
Right before the Chomper was going to reply, the sounds of the RV landing could be heard around 20 metres around from their camping area.
"Looks like our ride has arrived!" A certain Mystic Flower happily exclaimed as she darted towards the RV, being the first to go inside it. She was quickly followed by another familiar Plant, Hershel.
"W-wait!" The Toxic Peashooter cried out as he hypered towards the RV, quickly taking a seat as well.
The remaining 2 Plants exchanged glances before laughing softly, soon going into the RV themselves.
The ride towards the newly built L.E.A.F HQ, which is the name the Plants decided to give the base, was short and in silence. But there was a good reason for them not to speak to each other as they were amazed by the large size of the HQ which only took around 3 months to fully be built.
"This is amazing!" Mystic yelled out in jubilance once she quickly got out of the RV to take a better look at the HQ which was made of one of the finest metals out there.
"I-I guess it's better in terms of metal." Hershel said as he softly punched the wall of L.E.A.F HQ. "And by its size it looks bigger as well." The Toxic Peashooter let out a smile that was unseen to the other 3.
"Remember guys." Ane spoke out as he got off the RV with Sarah. "We're not here for sight seeing."
The RV took off just as he finished speaking, heading off to another part of Surburbia. Once the group of Plants were in the HQ, they all had looks of amazement as they saw the room ahead of them.
It was huge, it was larger than what Hershel speculated. Different species of Plants were everywhere running all over the place to do whatever they needed to do.
And around a few seconds after they looked at the room in amazement, a Fire Cactus approached them, saluting before speaking. "Welcome, Jack is waiting at the testing chamber."
With the guidance of the Fire Cactus, they arrived in the testing chamber in only around 2 minutes, the Fire Cactus left just before a Agent Pea walked towards them, he gave them a smile before speaking. "Hello there, I'm Jack. And I'm the one who is in charge of the testing chamber." He took his attention towards Ane. "You must be Ane right? Come, I'll lead you to the testing chamber, everyone else will be at the speculating room."
The Agent Pea guided the Chomper to the testing chamber while the other 3 went into the speculating room. Hershel and Mystic had looks of excitement while Sarah had one of worry.
"Come on, Sarah!" Mystic exclaimed as she tried to cheer up the worried Cactus. "He'll be fine!"
The Cactus could only gulp in hopes that the Chomper won't get injured. The trio quickly took seats at they watched the Chomper enter the testing chamber.
"The first few waves will be easy." Jack spoke up as he explained the difficulty of the test. "But as time goes on it will get harder and harder. You have 2 minutes to prepare before the test starts."
The Chomper nodded as the Agent Pea left the testing chamber, he started to stretch a bit for the upcoming test.
Sarah watched Ane as anxious thoughts raced through her mind. What if he gets injured? What if something goes wrong and we can't help him in time? So many thoughts and so little time.
2 minutes went by as quickly as time could be. A microphone was turned on, increasing the voice of Jack as it echoed across both the speculation room and the testing chamber.
"The test will begin in 3...2...1."
The grunts and growls could be heard as unarmored browncoats started to spawn. This was a quick and easy wave for the Chomper as all he needed to do was to chomp them.
And for the next few waves, armoured browncoats along with the Elites started to spawn as each wave got harder and harder. Which made the Chomper quite tired as each wave passed. But he was doing well in terms of vanquishing the browncoats and the Elites,
And in a matter of 20 minutes, Jack's voice echoed through the testing chamber once again. "We have arrived at wave 10, well done, Ane! But this final wave will prove whether or not you will take the position of being a leader."
Wave 10 started as soon as the Agent Pea finished speaking. The 3 Plants who were watching the Chomper were all biting their lips in hopes that their friend will pass.
Sounds could be heard as large feet made contact with the ground and the Chomper was soon facing a gigantic Gargantuar, even with its large size it didn't intimidate the Chomper who it was going to face.
But soon browncoats along with the Elites started to spawn as well. Making the Chomper's job harder than it already is.
The Chomper quickly sprinted towards the browncoats as he dodged the upcoming imps from the Gargantuar.
He quickly vanquished all of the browncoats in a matter of 3 minutes. There were only the Elites along with the Gargantuar.
He decided to do the unthinkable as he started to sprint towards the Gargantuar as he gained momentum. Just as the Gargantuar was about to smash him with it's pole, he quickly slid through under the legs to get to the other side of the room.
He jumped on the Gargantuar once he slid through its legs, getting a grip on its torn up clothes just before he would fall.
Using the clothes to hang on to, he easily vanquished the imps that were in the sack as he continued to make his way towards the head of the Gargantuar.
Knowing that he won't do much if he were to only chomp it, he bit his lips as he decided to make a leap of faith, which luckily resulted in grabbing the Gargantuar's pole.
The Chomper gained the upper hand as he gain control of the pole that used to belong to the large Zombie. With no weapon to use, all that the Gargantuar could do was to attempt to push him off, which proved difficult as the Chomper was easily dodging it.
Ane decided to do what the Gargantuars did to the Plants, smash them.
He quickly lifted up the pole before smashing it on the Gargantuar's head hard. Vanquishing it as it disappeared along with its pole, much to Ane's disappointment.
The Chomper got into a fighting postition once again to face the elites, which surprisingly disappeared.
The sentient Venus Flytrap looked around in confusion. A few seconds later the large door that led to the outside of the chamber opened, revealing Jack along with his best friends.
Sarah was the first to act as she immediately sprinted towards the Chomper as she pulled him into a hug. "That was amazing, Ane! I never seen any Plant that could that!" She complemented as the grip in the hug loosen before they released each other a few seconds later.
"That was mighty impressive, Ane! I want to see you do that again!" Mystic spoke out with her usual grin, Hershel doing the same.
"Like what you're friends said, that was quite impressive." Jack spoke out as a smile formed in his face.
"Then we know the results then." A new voice which was feminine echoed through the testing chamber. The source of the voice came from a Ice Pea with the name of Icee.
"Congratulations, Ane." Icee continued as she gave him a proud look. "You have successfully passed the test, you have been permitted as leader of SF Beta. You know how the ranks work, right?" The Chomper nodded in response.
"Then welcome to L.E.A.F." The smile in Icee's face widened.
End of flashback...
"Interesting story you got there, Ane." The Peashooter spoke out once the Chomper finished. "Haha, hopping for another one tonight." He let out a chuckle before taking his attention scenery ahead.
If the Chomper had eyes he would be rolling them in amusement, a few moments later he too took his attention to the path they were taking.
A/N and done! It's always nice to write flashbacks. :p I don't have much to say so until next time! ThePeaWithGoggles out!